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In May, under the bright sunshine of Spain, the sea breeze blew across the light yellow beach and into the hotel balcony, making Sir Jurden feel very peaceful.

Compared with the air mixed with industrial pollution in major cities in the UK, and compared with the fishy smell of seawater and industrial wastewater, Spain, which is underdeveloped in industry, is really relaxing. There are the minimum services provided by the industrial society here and the pastoral scenery. Moreover, there is plenty of sunshine here, and there is no wet and coldness of the British 3 islands.

At this time, the messenger riding a mule passed by the hotel and saw Zhuerdian sitting by the table on the balcony of the hotel. The messenger raised his hand to greet Zhuerdian. Zhuerdian also waved to the simple country messenger.

The messenger stopped in front of the hotel, took a few letters and walked up to the balcony, "Mr. Juerdian, this is your letter."

Juerdian asked the letter courier to sit down and poured him a glass of wine. He brought his glasses and picked up the letters, some from his hometown and some from the university where he received his donated collection. Open the letter from the university, and the University Library expressed his gratitude to Juerdian for donating a part of the information he had when he was in a diplomatic position in the Far East, which greatly helped the university study the history of this period, so...

The sound of a car engine came from a distance, which was not common in the countryside of the Spanish seaside. Jurden and the messenger turned around and saw a car heading straight for the hotel, with smoke rising from behind the car. Stopped in front of the hotel, and two guys who were obviously civil servants or British people walked out of the car.

Zhu Erdian probably guessed that his leisurely retirement time was over.

The British Foreign Ministry staff came, and after they took the documents they sent, Juerdian looked through for a moment, then raised his head, "Does the Ministry of Foreign Affairs want me to return to China?"

"Your Excellency, the Minister of Foreign Affairs asked you to return to London." Foreign Ministry staff respectfully conveyed the order to the senior.

Juerdian did not answer immediately. If he was unwilling to come out, the British Foreign Ministry would have no choice. No normal country would force a 70-year-old man in his seventies to fight on the first line of diplomacy through coercive means.

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As for whether Juerdian is willing to come out of the mountain or not, it depends on what situation he faces. Juerdian continued to look at the document. The first one was an assessment report written by several British units in China on the current war between Northeast and Japan.

‘…In the current situation, there is no possibility of the Japanese government winning the war. Similarly, since the Northeast government does not have a navy, Japan will not be defeated. Therefore, the Japanese government has the opportunity to choose peace.

In the current situation, the Japanese government needs to maintain a 1,000-mile (about 1,500 kilometers) transportation line. Every day, the Japanese government is making huge expenditures. The greater the expenditure, the less likely the Japanese government will choose peace, rather than the other way around. This war has become a huge burden for the Japanese government and is likely to lead to catastrophic consequences of the Japanese economy.

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The Northeast Government was the initiator of the war and made careful research and preparations for every step of the war. Especially the Yalu River defense line, which invaded North Korea and annihilated a large number of Japanese troops, making it impossible for Japan to take the initiative to make peace. Through this solid defense line, the Japanese army had to place millions of troops on the Yalu River line, and could not advance or retreat.

Recently, the Japanese army and the Northeast Army launched an artillery battle between siege artillery and fortress artillery, making the situation more dangerous and unpredictable. So far, the Northeast Government has announced that they were killed and missing 80,000 people and injured 170,000 people. The Japanese army suffered more than 750,000 casualties. Interestingly, the number of announcements from the Japanese side is similar to that of the Northeast Army, but they have changed the name of losing one party.

According to judgment, our country is more inclined to agree with the figures released by the Northeast government.

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Japan's population is similar to France, and its industrial strength is far less than France. Its ability to withstand war is also inferior to France. France belongs to one party of the Allies in the war and can get the support of the Allies. At present, Japan does not have such military allies and must deal with the war alone. According to analysis, Japan's ultimate ability is about 1/3 of that of France.

France mobilized 7.9 million people to join the war, killing 1.24 million people in battle and injured around 3.8 million. According to the assessment, the limit of casualties that the Japanese army could withstand was 420,000 deaths and 1.3 million injuries, with a total of 1.72 million casualties.

The current number of casualties in the Japanese army is approaching the upper limit.

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Over the years, the Northeast government has opened up huge farms and ranches. Even if the frontline continues to war, the Northeast government can actually obtain a certain degree of support from the entire China, especially the labor support. Due to the poor management capabilities of the rulers of North China and South China, more than 400 million Chinese people have a difficult life. The large number of employment opportunities provided by the Northeast government can change the living conditions of these Chinese people.

In the long run, as long as the Northeast government does not fail in military affairs, that is, defending the Yalu River defense line and does not take military adventures to counterattack North Korea. The power comparison between the Northeast government and Japan is gradually beneficial to the Northeast government. Especially the Japanese government must win the war, and the Japanese government has to take military adventures in order to win and conduct a large-scale attack on the Yalu River defense line. Once a large-scale attack on the Yalu River defense line fails, the Japanese government's prestige and ability will be forced to be shaken.

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Based on the analysis, we have reached the following conclusion. This war is likely to last for two years, but it is unlikely to last for the fourth year. The Japanese government is unable to maintain such a high-consuming war.

Once the war is over, the Northeast government led by He Rui will surely gain great reputation and will quickly unify North China.

If the situation in China develops to this stage, the British Empire's interests in China will be challenged. Especially on whether the He Rui regime will accept the Boxer clause, there is no way to make an optimistic judgment.

The Gengzi clause is the diplomatic basis between Britain and the Western world and China. The basis for signing the Gengzi clause is based on the great political and military weakness of the Qing government. There is a big gap with the current situation. Whether the Northeast government can be incorporated into the world order through diplomatic efforts based on the Gengzi clause is a work that must be considered at the moment.

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After reading the report, Sir Juerdian felt that his energy had been consumed a lot. However, Juerdian was forced to take the initiative and read the other part of the reports. These reports are analysis in the political, economic and military fields. It can be seen that the summary report was obtained based on the analysis of these professional fields.

Juerdian put down the document, took off his glasses, rubbed his slightly sour eyes, and then asked: "I think that the current Minister to China can write such a report is enough to prove that Minister Eston has excellent diplomatic capabilities. What is the reason why the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent you here?"

The two British Foreign Office staff who came to persuade Juerdian to come out looked at each other in a little embarrassedly, and the leader said: "Your Excellency, the Northeast government is actually refusing to engage in any political follow-up negotiations with Minister Eston. Minister Eston requested London that you will go to China as a plenipotentiary envoy to coordinate."

Zhu Erdian really didn't want to go. As long as he recalled the little fox of He Rui, Zhu Erdian felt his head hurt. All the means against traditional Chinese powerhouses were useless in front of He Rui. He Rui was not even very similar to European monarchs. European monarchs themselves do not have professional and excellent political, diplomatic and military capabilities.

The British Foreign Officer who came to persuade him saw Juerdian's expression, simply said: "Your Excellency, Germany's inflation has reached a terrifying level recently. The government is in contact with the United States, hoping to curb France's exploitation of Germany."

Juerdian originally wanted to completely break away from politics and spend his old age in peace. When he heard this, he had to cheer up. His Excellency Juerdian, who had been separated from the secular world for several months, cheered up and asked, "How bad is the situation?"

"Inflation in Germany has been between thousands and tens of thousands of times," the diplomat replied.

Juerdian thought he had heard it wrong, and the old man who had been in a small town in the Spanish countryside for several months smiled and said, "Is it a few thousand percent? Or a few thousand percent?"

The two British Foreign Ministry staff looked at each other in embarrassment, and the leader emphasized again, "It's thousands to tens of thousands times. It's not a few thousand to tens of thousands."

Zhu Erdian was stunned. He never expected that the changes in the world would have reached such a level of madness.

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On August 14, 1923, the cruise ship that Juerdian finally arrived in Tianjin. On the cruise ship, Juerdian paid attention to the latest world news every day, hoping that nothing more outrageous happened.

Fortunately, the current world has maintained at least the basic status quo. Unfortunately, the chaos in the current world has not changed.

The cause of this crisis came from the Treaty of Versailles. France hoped to completely crush Germany through the Treaty of Versailles, so that Germany's territory and political structure would return to its appearance in 1860. Britain did not want to see France dominance, so it brought the United States, which tried to have its own position on the world stage, and finally formed the Treaty of Versailles in 1921.

Since the three British, French and American countries have different positions, they can only seek common ground. They have found the last common ground, "let Germany lose money."

Germany was detained heavy debts by the Treaty of Versailles. The Weimar government was unable to repay the debts. It began to be ruined in 1922 and refused to pay by achieving inflation. It not only relied on the huge debt imposed on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles, but also relied on the debts issued by the domestic bonds during the war to the exchange period.

So Germany's inflation was no longer a wild horse that broke free, but rushed straight into the sky like a Northeastern army's plane.

The German mark needed to buy a piece of bread already needs to push a cart of banknotes with a cart. However, officials of the German Weimar government have shown the rigor and efficiency of the Germans. They did not waste resources to produce a large amount of banknotes, but directly stamped the back of the banknotes, and each seal was marked on each seal. Starting from x-month, x-year, x-year, x-year, x-year, the use value of this banknote has increased xxxx times.
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